Frank GardnerBBC Security Correspondent PA Media Blast walls, rocket attacks, Forward Operating Bases (FOBs), Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs)… and long queues in the canteen. Anyone who deployed to Afghanistan, in whatever role, between 2001-2021 will have their own vivid memories of that time. It started with the flight in – to Kandahar, Kabul or Camp…
Adrienne MurrayCopenhagen Reuters Frederiksen (left) said there was now a “diplomatic, political track” to pursue after a difficult week Danish PM Mette Frederiksen is visiting Greenland’s capital Nuuk for talks with the territory’s leader, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, after a rollercoaster week that saw US President Donald Trump roll back his threats to forcibly take over the…
AFP via Getty Images Prince Harry was deployed twice on active service in Afghanistan – including a ten-week period in Helmand province The Duke of Sussex has called for the sacrifices of Nato troops to be “spoken about truthfully and with respect”, after the US president claimed allies stayed “a little back” from the front…
Former Canadian Olympic snowboarder and alleged drug kingpin Ryan Wedding has been arrested in Mexico and will be extradited to the US after years on the run, FBI Director Kash Patel has said. Wedding, who had been on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, is accused of running a transnational drug trafficking operation that…
The president of Somaliland has held separate talks with his Israeli counterpart, as well as the second son of the US leader, as the breakaway region continues to seek international recognition and foreign investment. Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi met Isaac Herzog and businessman Eric Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. ”Our…
Sarah RainsfordEastern Europe correspondent , Kyiv Getty Images Ukraine wants peace more than anyone in this process Negotiators from Russia, Ukraine and the US are meeting in Abu Dhabi for their first trilateral talks since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the United Arab Emirates Foreign Ministry says. Senior officials from all three nations…
Russian, Ukrainian and US negotiators are meeting in Abu Dhabi today for the first trilateral talks since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. But there are hurdles to overcome before any peace deal can be agreed, as the BBC’s Joe Inwood explains. Source link
Russian, Ukrainian and US negotiators will hold talks in the United Arab Emirates later, in what officials say will be the first meeting attended by all three countries since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion nearly four years ago. The Kremlin confirmed Russian officials would attend the talks following a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and…
Archie Mitchelland Danielle Kaye,Business reporters Getty Images Donald Trump has made clear he covets Greenland. Now he claims to have secured the “framework” of a future deal, to address defence on the island – a deal that he says includes rights to rare earth minerals. So what natural resources does Greenland have? Greenland is believed…
Crowds gathered in Rome on Friday for the funeral of Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani, known as Valentino, who has died at the age of 93. Valentino’s funeral service was held at the Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels and Martyrs and celebrities including Elizabeth Hurley, Anne Hathaway and Tom Ford were in attendance….